Banana Split Smoothie

OH YUM! One of the best smoothies I have made. NOT neccesarily the healthiest, but very good! 

Banana Split Smoothie

1 Banana

1 Cup Strawberries

1 Cup Pineapple

1 T dark cocoa powder

1/2 C greek yogurt

1 T Wheat Germ

1 T ground flax seed

2 T hemp seed

Almond Milk to make a smoothie consistency

This made more than 4 cups, but I gave some to all the kids. They loved it too!

Beet That!

No post yesterday SUPER BUSY! I am a stay at home mom, yesterday I was at home for a total of 1 hr and 15 min!  During my away time, I made it to the gym!! AND I made it to the gym this morning as well! 3 times this week! Is it crazy that I already feel like I see results?

Smoothies today: Breakfast, basic strawberry orange with yogurt and grains

Lunch: Beet That!

1/2 banana

1.5 stalks celery

3 large broccoli florets

2 large chunks of fresh beet

1 cup strawberries

1 basil ice cube**

1 scoop protein powder

1 C water

This ended up making 4 cups, but after my workout I was hungry and drank it all. According to the food journal I use, it still only added up to 309 Calories. Plus it says I worked off 328 calories. Of course, all of this is just estimates, but it give an idea of what I did! Invigorating feeling!

** Note: Basil ice cubes- blend fresh basil leaves with a bit of water, pour the "slop" into ice cube trays and freeze. Pop out of ice cube trays and store in a Zipper Bag in the freezer to use when needed. I made a bunch this summer from my own basil. I use it in soups a lot.

Super Green

I made it to the gym! Finally! Hopefully I can go again tomorrow night. 
Started the day with a smoothie (before the gym).

Kiwi Green

1 banana

2 peeled kiwis

1/2 c coconut water

1/2 an avacado

1 6oz container of key lime yogurt

1 T flax seed

2 T hemp seed

1 T wheat germ

 enough almond milk to make 4 cups blended.

My husband didn't even know the avacado was in there!

Lunch time: Post workout

Veggie Green

1/2 banana

1 stalk celery

1/2 avacado

3 large florets of broccoli

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

1 cup almond milk

1 T chia seeds

 

Yummy. Can taste the vanilla from the protein powder.

Green Smoothie

Double smoothie days continue. I am finding that Saturday is a very bad day for eating!! Potluck after church, and then a date with my husband.  Food overload.  The rest of the week, I am sticking to my 2 smoothies a day!  No exercise yet, but lots of excuses as to why not!

Today's smoothies:

Breakfast- Almond Cherry

1 banana

1 cup dole frozen cherries

1/2 cup slivered almonds

1 T flax seed

2 T hemp seed

1 T wheat germ

Water to make 4 cups blended.

Next time I will add some vanilla and a bit of honey.

 

Lunch- Veggie Green Smoothie

1 stalk celery

1/2 banana

4 large florets of broccoli

5 inches of a large cucumber

1/4 cup frozen pineapple

1 T honey

Water to make 2 cups blended.

This was very good.  I was suprised that the bit of fruit I added was enough to cover the veggie taste for the most part. A bit of the cucumber came through, but not unpleasant.

Blueberry Citrus and Tropical Carrot Ginger Smoothies

A brief update on my double smoothie diet. So far so good! I have had 2 smoothies everyday, except last Saturday, for a week now! Doing fairly well with not getting hungry too! I have to admit I snack some, but I am really trying to keep them healthy ie. Kale Chips.  I haven't made it to the gym yet, but I will excuse that with the fact that it is still Christmas vacation from school, therefore I have 3 kids at home PLUS hubs is still working OT.  Hopefully gym time will start soon!

Today's smoothies: Blueberry Citrus and Tropical Carrot Ginger

Blueberry Citrus

1 Banana

1 Fresh grapefruit juice

1 Fresh Orange juice

1/4 -1/2 cup frozen blueberries

1 T honey

1 T wheat germ

2 T hemp seed

1 T ground flax seed

1/2 T barley grass powder

3 T uncooked oatmeal

water to make 4 cups

The grapefruit lends a little bit of a bitter taste to this smoothie, the honey corrects that some. Add more honey for a sweeter smoothie.

For lunch:

Tropical Carrot Ginger

1 large raw carrot, peeled and cut into large chunks

1/4 C frozen pineapple

1/2 C frozen mango

1 ginger ice cube

1 T honey

2 stalks of fresh kale (take the leaves off the stalk and discard the stalk)

1 c water

This made a bit over 2 cups of smoothie.

In addition, I have been curious about the calorie count to some of my smoothies.  I found a site that lets you add food and track your calorie count for the day. Of course, I  don't know the accuracy of this site, but it gives an estimate. I am finding that most of my smoothies are about 500 calories. Not sure if that is good or bad. However, I think the ingredients in my smoothies are all HEALTHY calories. Things like honey and the greek yogurt tend to up the calorie count too, but I still don't feel bad about them. I use raw honey in my smoothies, there is a lot of health benefits that come with that. Same goes for the greek yogurt. PLUS I am useing these smoothies as a meal replacement.   In comparison: an everything bagel with 2 T cream cheese, coffee with cream and sugar is about 450 calories. There, I justified what I do, right?

Barley Pina Colada

One of my favorite smoothies is a coconut / pineapple flavored one.  Takes me back to Hawaii, and lets face it, a ND winter day deserves thoughts of Hawaii!  I often add spinach to my pina colada smoothie, but since I have my new Barley Grass Powder, I added that today. Still a good smoothie!
I also just purchased some Coconut Manna, which is just pureed whole coconut.  I added that in there as well. Be prepared, due to the oil in the coconut manna and the chill of the smoothie, the coconut manna doesn't blend up smooth. Still tastes good!

 

1 Banana

1/2 c greek yogurt

3/4 cup coconut water

1 cup frozen pineapple chunks

1 T ground flax seed

1 T wheat germ

2 T hemp seed

2 tsps barley grass powder

1 HEAPING Tablespoon full Coconut Manna

Almond milk to make 4 cup mark

Blend. Be sure to add the coconut manna at the end. If you add it first it chills, stays at the bottom and doesn't mix into the blend.

Barley Grass Smoothie

I laugh at myself when silly things get me excited! My order of powdered barley grass came this morning, in time for a smoothie!! I really enjoy expierimenting with new ingredients.  So today's smoothie has barley grass in it. For some info on barley grass, click.

3/4 cup coconut water

2 T flax ground flax

2 T hemp seed

1 T bee pollen

1 T Goji berries

1 T wheat germ

1 T barley grass powder

1 banana

1/2 cup Greek yogurt

1 cup blackberry pomegranate juice

1 cup frozon blueberries

Blend.
The results: the kids are taking sips of my smoothie right along with me. Must be good!